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Cloudy With A Chance Of Ennui
When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I want to do is go back to sleep. Because: Sometimes, often I sleep badly and actually...

elyse hughes
Sep 3, 20235 min read


Decompression Mondays
I’d been feeling angsty and in my head, like I was very possibly too tender for this world where everything feels more intense than it is...

elyse hughes
Aug 27, 20235 min read


The First Week Of June (+ Summer Self-Care Strategy)
Growing up, June was endless pool days, playing Marco Polo, Fish Out of Water, Colors. Swimming, splashing, screaming, squealing glee...

elyse hughes
Aug 20, 20237 min read


Why I Don't Write
One of the reasons I don’t write as much as I can is because somewhere along the line from dream to business conception to the pursuit of...

elyse hughes
Aug 13, 20234 min read


Getting Somewhere
When I first started writing Big Blogs, it was my way of sharing deeper and speaking truer. I’d been doing that in writing my first book,...

elyse hughes
Feb 28, 20233 min read


Rejecting The Olive Branch
I didn’t want to forget the time before the struggles began sloughing off like old, dry skin. A time when every aspect of life except my...

elyse hughes
Feb 6, 20234 min read


On Fear
You have nothing else to do and nowhere else to be. There’s only this. This page. These ideas. Now is all that matters. That’s what I...

elyse hughes
Oct 6, 20228 min read


The Dailies
A gathering of dishes in the sink. The yard begging for water under a scorching desert sun. A litter box of pits and dunes, crusty...

elyse hughes
Sep 17, 20225 min read


My Magic
When too many days passed without writing, all of life became a chore. Literally, chores overwhelmed me, and suddenly, that’s all there...

elyse hughes
Apr 24, 20224 min read


Luxury
As my grandmother used to say, “Dirt will wait, but your children growing up so quickly won’t.” She didn’t mean that we should live in...

elyse hughes
Mar 12, 20223 min read


Moon Rise
I was somewhat begrudgingly playing with my cat, when I looked out the window. The evening hours were our time, and while I cherished our...

elyse hughes
Feb 2, 20223 min read


Why Being Self-Absorbed Is Essential To Self-Caring
Someone recently brought to my attention that there’s a difference between self-care and being self-absorbed. As if I didn’t know, but...

elyse hughes
Dec 5, 20218 min read


Beanbag Mornings
I sat on the oversized beanbag that filled our living room beyond max capacity, and plopped a square velvet pillow in the diamond of my...

elyse hughes
Nov 29, 20219 min read


This Simple Life
As I snuggled under a happily matted fleece throw, tea lights glowing amber, fall air sifting through the screens, crisp and burnt — I...

elyse hughes
Nov 14, 20215 min read


The Great Big Wall (V of V in the Friend Breakup Series)
I hadn’t taken into account how wrong I would feel. For all the things I said, or didn’t. I didn’t feel guilty for the things she wanted...

elyse hughes
Nov 7, 20215 min read


Cheeseburger In The Dark
I pulled into an empty parking lot outside the closed health food store, sliding into a spot under a tree that cast me in shadow,...

elyse hughes
Oct 23, 20215 min read


These In-Between Times
There are days that I wake up sad. Or it sinks in unexpectedly, out of nowhere, for reasons unknown. Everything weighted and bleak, all...

elyse hughes
Oct 15, 20213 min read


A New Friend?
For most of my life, friends had come to me. They were just there, in the seat next to me in class, building on banter at countless jobs,...

elyse hughes
Oct 14, 20213 min read


From What Faded (III of V in the Friend Breakup Series)
One occupational hazard of being friends with entrepreneurs is receiving their email newsletters after you’re no longer friends. The...

elyse hughes
Oct 7, 20213 min read


A Slower Rise
Sometimes I let the nightmares keep me in bed. I’d be lucid, but not in control, allowing turmoil to play out in front of me, scratching...

elyse hughes
Sep 25, 20214 min read
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